After viewing the gay ensemble film The Broken Hearts Club–the subtitle of which helpfully points out that it’s “a romantic comedy”–you might feel as if you’ve been offered a discussion conundrum not unlike the kind that Mike Myers’s Linda “Coffee Talk” Richman would put forward: “The Broken Hearts Club is neither romantic nor comedic. Discuss.” What it is, rather, is a gay male version of Steel Magnolias, right down to the funeral scene and hospital visit. While decidedly les Read more…
Here are some of the freshest funniest most fearless stand-up comedy stars on the planet today… And now here they are Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric The Entertainer, Bernie Mac, Monique, Rickey Smiley and more-together in one brand new DVD collection. This Collecter’s Edition features not only The Original Kings of Comedy, the Queens of Comedy, and Latham Entertainment Presents, but also a special bonus disc packed with hilarious outtakes, and delted scenes not available i Read more…
Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is the quintessential Wall Street shark, scoring killer deals by day and shallow escort sex by night. His round-the-clock routine of empty luxuries is disturbed one lonely Christmas Eve when a gun-packing punk (Don Cheadle)–perhaps an angel of mercy–responds to an altruistic gesture from Jack by giving him “a glimpse” of the life he could have had. Could have, that is, if he had married the girlfriend (Téa Leoni) he’d abandoned 13 years earl Read more…
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Russ Duritz (Bruce Willis) is an ultracynical, 40-year-old L.A. image consultant who fashions bogus façades for scumbag clients. Oblivious to his own need for a makeover, he’s a tyrant in the office (to the chagrin of his sarcastic assistant, played to perfection by Lily Tomlin), and he’s emotionally unavailable to the morally centered woman (Emily Mortimer) who senses goodness beneath Russ’s hardened veneer. Not a moment too soon, a pudgy kid (Spencer Breslin) Read more…
Every kid wants to be a drummer, and this is the coolest way ever to get started! Sam Zucchini makes it fun and easy as he teaches how to keep time, count beats, understand rhythm and generally get tuned in to playing in an ensemble. The other Zucchini Brothers (popular children’s entertainers, musicians and all-around colorful personalities) join in on guitar and keyboards so the young drummer can play along with the band. If there’s a drum set in the house, that’s fine — bu Read more…
